NEW: A “Vatican source close to Pope Leo XIV” tells NBC Chicago that the Pentagon meeting between Trump officials and the Vatican’s top American diplomat “was most unpleasant and confrontational.”

This is now the fifth news outlet to describe the meeting in this way.

April 10, 2026 - 01:14 UTC

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Pentagon shouldn’t be fucking demanding the pope attend an audience.
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GET YOUR SHIT RIGHT NBC

IT’S NOT THE FUCKING WAR DEPARTMENT

IT’S THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
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I hope the church told tRump lackeys to go f*ck themselves.
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Do they have any other style?
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If I were the Pope I wouldn't set foot in this country til trump &his corrupt clown show(incl family)are FAR awy frm ANY political office &the D's are back in charge w/a massive amt of work 2fix everything magaTrump &co.did 2destroy our country.Oh&I especially wouldn't show up 4his 250thBDay party.
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No, the Popo DOES NOT want Hegseth in his flock!
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Pls tell Pope Leo that vast majority of Americans love Pope Leo & that he stands strong against suffering of the vast majority in the World--when they need it the most.

Besides, this is "our" America, & Pope Leo is welcome anytime.

Pray our midterms-going on now-allow us to win back House/Senate.
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Well, it takes a special evil to threaten a spiritual leader. I’m beginning to think there’s more than 1 antichrist and they all work for this current administration
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Pope rules
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Even Hitler was nicer to the Catholic Church than Trump is
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Who does T think he is? The Holy Roman Emperor?

We ride at dawn.
Ghost horses.
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With you.
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But it was Biden (a Catholic) who was the one who went after Catholics. Gotcha.
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Fuck with a Chicago Pope.

I dare you…..
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Trump Regime stooges know trumpdaddy likes it when they're dicks
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Also pointlessly so. The only surprise at this point is that the Pentagon didn't try to post through it.
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That kind of language ,tone and attitude will guarantee that those who treated the Pope with such disrespect will not be raptured nor get into heaven.
47 keeps flappin his yap he'll get to meet his Maker, Satan, sooner than the GOP wants.
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Is a meeting like this - unpleasant or not something that happens with DOD and the Vatican?
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Leo grew up in the constantly changing mean streets of Cook County power politics and corruption. He will recognize and understand the difficulty in confronting corruption and authoritarianism in the Church, America, and the world… and he will be uniquely well prepared to meet those challenges.
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Bullying the church… Fucking evil bastards!
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Well Trump is a phony Christian.
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ask yourself why he didn’t put his hand on the bible on his swearing in
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Now he's going to want to invade the Vatican. 😑🙄
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Or deport the catholics? Or put a 300% tariff on them? Or kidnap the Pope? Or obliterate all the Christian civilization in one night? What else?
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And JD will say nothing.
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Hegseth’s kind of religion thinks the Pope, and all Catholics are the Antichrist.
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Yep.
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